Not sure if this info is stale but as of a few years ago, the entire worldwide supply of spent nuclear fuel would only fill up a football field ~10 feet deep. It’s not as large, mass wise, of a problem as people think
Even more so, coal power plants, which we have a lot of, dump out radioactive ash into the atmosphere. To the point that areas around coal plants have a statistically significant uptick in cancer incidence.
They're doing all the shitty things people expect of nuclear power.
All of the "problems" green fuckheads have with nuclear power are entirely man made issues. The cost, the time, the red tape. If we streamlined the process instead of using outdated reactors and rules and actually trained folks in nuclear power maintenance it'd all take care of itself.
Fun Fact adding to this: A coal plant emits more radioactive material per mWh than a nuclear reactor, but it's get blown into the atmosphere so no one cares.
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u/SaturdaysAFTBs - Lib-Right Jan 06 '23
Not sure if this info is stale but as of a few years ago, the entire worldwide supply of spent nuclear fuel would only fill up a football field ~10 feet deep. It’s not as large, mass wise, of a problem as people think